Question

Recently, hector ran for president of the local school board. of those who voted in the election, 80% had a high school diploma, and the other

Answer 1

P(H|D)=

prob of hector getting the vote, given that the person has a diploma:

0.7

P(H|- with d under) =

prob of hector getting the vote, given that the person doesn't have the diploma

0.3

Ultimate questions is what is the probability that a randomly chosen voter voted for Hector??

= diploma*voting with diploma + no diploma * voting with no diploma

= 0.9*0.7 + 0.1*0.3

= 0.66